As a top Small Business/ Entrepreneurial Keynote Speaker, Shakira M. Brown brings her experience, tenacity, realness and most of all seasoned business prowess along with a real desire to teach audiences how to lead successful businesses and not hobbies. In her tailored workshops and keynote presentations you will hear actionable advice, groundbreaking new ideas and unbelievable case studies on how she’s helped entrepreneurs solve their existential business crisis- who they are and how they want to be perceived.
Shakira’s goal in every presentation is to encourage, challenge and inspire you to effectively lead your small and emerging business with a focus on brand messaging, a reinvigorated outlook and new approaches to increase revenues paving a way for a better life.
Shakira is the CEO and founder of SMB Strategic Media LLC http://pradviser.net), a public relations, branding and website consultancy that creates cutting edge marketing strategies for small businesses. She is also a marketing counselor for Americas Small Business Dev. Center.
Profile of Shakira M. Brown - The Small Biz Whisperer
•Over 20 years of mass communications experience focused in public relations, internal communications, video production, digital media and journalism (print, radio and television).
•Senior-level experience handling an array of public relations duties for private and public companies within multiple industries including professional services firms (accounting), renewable energy, waste management, financial services, wellness, nonprofit, technology, creative, medical practices and insurance entities.
• A strategic and creative thinker about all things media.
• I am determined information technology and web problem-solver. If there is something that must be done, I figure it out.
• An organized and effective project manager that utilizes a proactive approach with regard to media relations and marketing.
• I am a corporate website strategist - knowing what you want visitors to find is just half the battle.
• An excellent business and brand communications writer.
• Independent thinker like a business manager with a communications perspective.
• Clients have included: Microsoft, renewable energy/waste management company, top accounting firms, BET.com, MSNBC.com, Scripps Networks, an insurance brokerage firm, professional organizations and private medical practices.
Specialties: Public Relations Leadership, Employee Communications, Digital Media Communications,Corporate Website Strategy, Crisis Communications, Social Media Strategist
- I specialize in brand management, strategy and deployment across employee populations
-Search Engine Marketing and Social Networking for Business
-Press Release Writing & Distribution
-Press Release Search Engine Visibility
-Newsletter Development, Editing and Writing
-Corporate Writing
-Business Consulting
-Media Training (Executive and Middle Management)